The Rise of Video Interviews

Traditional face-to face job interviews are becoming a thing of the past.  With a world of technology at your fingertips, screening applicants through online can help to save you valuable time, whilst ensuring that only the best applicants proceed to the final stages of your recruitment process. Here are 5 reasons why video interviews are on the rise.

Put down the phone

Replacing an initial follow up phone call with a video interview can offer a better insight by allowing you to see the candidate’s body language. You can achieve the same results as a phone interview, but with a stronger grasp on who the candidate really is. Rather than meeting a candidate based only off a resume, video screening ensures only the candidates with the suitable qualities will be making it through to the next stage of the recruitment process.

Keep it focused

With a traditional face-to-face interview, the interview can go astray due to distractions in the office or side conversations that you may have with the candidate. This side-chat may also be a source of unconscious bias over who will progress through to further stages. Through online screening, the candidates all have the same questions and an allotted amount of time to answer each question.  Video interviewing brings uniformity and professionalism to the recruitment process.

No need for nerves

As each candidate conducts their video interview in their own time and space. Not only convenient, interviewing online may reduce interview anxiety. As the candidates are in a comfortable setting, it allows you to truly grasp their capabilities, unmasked by the negative stress job interviews often bring.

Be kind, rewind

Need to review your candidates? Easy! Just click replay! The convenience of a video not only allows for you to watch their interviews again, allowing you to compare and contrast promising candidates, having their key qualities fresh in your mind at all times.

Pass it on

Gone are the days of having a panel of hiring managers or directors spend their valuable time sitting through hours of interviews. Relevant sections of promising interviews can be shared amongst your other hiring managers with the click of a button.                                                                                                                  

Boundaryless  recruitment

Where potential candidates used to be those within arm’s reach, with video interviews, applicants can be screened from all corners of the globe. You can find great talent interstate and overseas. Video interviews efficiently and cost-effectively assess and engage with this previously untapped talent pool.

      

Less time, more candidates

Video interviewing allows you to rank and review vast amounts of applicants in minimal time. Time is money, and where with traditional interviews, the number of applicants you can consider is restricted, screening online allows you to ensure promising candidates are not missed due to logistics.

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The 5 Ps of Preparing for a Video Interview

Many companies are increasingly utilising video interviews as a means of making the recruitment process more time and cost efficient. As hiring is becoming a more global process, video interviewing has become an easier way for both employers and employees to speed up the process. What a lot of interviewees are unaware of, however, is that on average only 7% of all communication is verbal.  Tone of voice, how you present yourself, and body language are therefore essential components of communication, especially when you are being video interviewed.

So how can you best prepare and nail that video interview?

Place
Try finding an area for your interview with a plain background. Although an ‘office/study’ area might look nice, it can be distracting to the interviewers. Beforehand, try to record a mock interview in this area to see how the interviewers will see you. Practicing also allows you to prepare for speaking into a microphone clearly and maintaining eye contact with the camera (and not the screen).

Position
Position yourself in front of a camera that is at the same height as the top of your head. This will give the hiring staff a professional view of you. In addition, be aware of your posture and ensure you don’t slouch, squirm, or look bored. Instead, seat yourself just as you would if you were in the interviewer’s office.

Presentation
Even though you’re behind a camera, take the time to brush your hair, clean your face, and dress in business attire. In addition, check the lighting before the interview and clean that smudge off the camera lens to ensure that you are visible. Present to the camera as though you are making eye contact with the interviewer.

Preparation
If it is a live interview, ensure that you have all the materials you might need in front of you at least 10-15 minutes in advance. In addition, double check all internet, camera, and microphone connections to ensure no technological issues arise during the interview. Turn off your mobile (or at least on silent and out of your sight) and minimise the amount of distractions that could occur via family members, pets, etc. 

Pacing
Take your time when composing your answers. There can be a transmission delay when doing a video interview, so pace your speech at a slightly slower rhythm whenever there is an internet connection involved. Nodding when you have heard the question and waiting three seconds before you respond is a useful strategy to overcome interruptions due to lagging internet connections.

As the chances of being interviewed by video is becoming more and more likely, being well prepared in advance can help increase the probability of securing a job. Even though you may be in the comfort of your own home, remember that it is no less formal than a regular interview. Therefore, make sure you treat it as if you were actually in the employer’s office.


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As a job seeker, you can interview via phone or video (depending on your tech) in your own time. To try it out, take a quick 3 minute demo here.

Finally, remember to be confident and GOOD LUCK!